Insulted by tax hike for RTD’s FasTracks (2 letters)

So once again a front-page story on the lack of funding for FasTracks and how RTD won’t be able to even come close to doing what it promised the voters several years ago. Now RTD wants to double the tax to get back on course? Do they think we are just stupid? How can RTD even begin to assure the voters that it will do better this time? It is an insult to me and the rest of the metro-area voters to expect us to believe anything RTD is promising or has said.
Nathan Hatcher, Arvada

This letter was published in the Jan. 11 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

When the RTD folks convinced the voters to pass their 0.4 percent FasTracks sales tax, they could not foresee a recession that resulted in people spending less. Now they want to double that tax because, oh my, we are economizing?

We will not pass tax increases just because they “need more money” to finish their project. We cannot afford it.
Marie Cline, Westminster

This letter was published in the Jan. 11 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

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